On Christmas Eve 1944, heavy snow blanketed the Hürtgen Forest in Germany, near the Belgian border. Inside a tiny cabin deep in the woods, 12-year-old Fritz Vincken and his mother, Elisabeth ...

In the dense woods of the Ardennes Forest, during a biting and cold winter in December 1944, American troops found themselves facing a sudden large attack from German soldiers. Undersupplied ...

The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested ... the Battle of the Bulge, the German offensive spanned across a roughly 75-mile front line in the Ardennes Forest, where they ...

Cadets in Santa Clara’s ROTC program immerse themselves in historic moments of leadership and military tactics during a trip ...

In January 1945 the end of the Second World War looked hopeful, but was by no means guaranteed as the Nazis continued to launch deadly attacks costing thousands of Allied lives. Here's the story of ...

Every June 6 for many years, no matter where I might be, I would make a respectful phone call to my wife’s Uncle Chuck. I simply wanted to let him know that I was thinking about him on the anniversary ...

Up to an estimated 2 million soldiers and civilians were ... over 200,000 German troops and about 1,000 tanks launched a counteroffensive. Axis forces centered their attack on the Ardennes Forest, a ...

On the German side, more than half a ... McManus is the author of Alamo in the Ardennes, which recounts the defense by American soldiers during the Siege of Bastogne, a key part of the Battle ...

After the battle in Vossenack, officials said U.S. and German troops called a temporary truce to recover soldiers who had ... the remains were interred in the Ardennes American Cemetery, a ...

Seeking to drive to the coast of the English Channel and split the Allied armies as they had done in May 1940, the Germans struck in the Ardennes ... English-speaking German soldiers, disguised ...